Yeah, I Watched It

Lately I've been watching a lot of movies that I feel like I should have seen before now (Pulp Fiction, Frozen, Reservoir Dogs, American Psycho). I have really been enjoying these movies and I can't believe that I've waited this long to watch them. Much like I enjoy reading and then capturing my impressions of the book I read I found myself wanting to do the same with the films. Instead of starting a new blog or vlog I decided to make a page instead for film reviews.
A quick Google search for "1000 films to see before you die" led me to some questionable sources. For instance, did you know that on the IMDB top 1000 X-Men: Days of Future Past ranks higher than Fargo? Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed both movies, but Fargo is one of my all time favorites and is a memorable piece of cinematic genius and, IMHO, deserves not just a higher ranking that DOFP but higher than it got all together. The same, unfortunately, is true for the list I ultimately chose- I have decided to go by IMDB's top 250 to start with instead. Below you will find the complete list. Of course I have seen several on the list already so I plan to mark those in bold. Some of my favorites even made the list! These favorites I will annotate with an italic font as well as the bold. I do plan to watch (or re-watch) all of the films on this list and write up a quick summary of what I thought. Stay tuned to see my impressions of the IMDB top 250 films!

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part 2 (1974)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Schindler's List (1993)
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Fight Club (1999)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Inception (2010)
Forrest Gump (1994)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Matrix (1999)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Seven Samurai (1954)
City of God (2002)
Se7en (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Casablanca (1942)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
American History X (1998)
Psycho (1960)
Rear Window (1954)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
City Lights (1931)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Intouchables (2011)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Memento (2000)
Modern Times (1936)
The Pianist (2002)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Dr. Stragelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Departed (2006)
Gladiator (2000)
Back to the Future (1985)
Alien (1979)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Prestige (2006)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Shining (1980)
The Lion King (1994)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
American Beauty (1999)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Wall-E (2008)
North by Northwest (1959)
Amelie (2001)
Citizen Kane (19641)
Aliens (1986)
Vertigo (1958)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
M (1931)
Das Boot (1981)
Oldboy (2003)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Braveheart (1995)
Grave of the Firefiles (1988)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Sting (1973)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Amadeus (1984)
Snatch. (2000)
All About Eve (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
L. A. Confidential (1997)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Apartment (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
For A Few Dollars More (1965)
The Third Man (1949)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
The Kid (1921)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
A Separation (2011)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Batman Begins (2005)
Yojinbo (1961)
Metropolis (1927)
Unforgiven (1992)
Toy Story (1995)
Raging Bull (1980)
X-Men Days of Future Past (2014)
Chinatown (1974)
Scarface (1983)
Up (2009)
Die Hard (1988)
Downfall (2004)
The Great Escape (1963)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Heat (1995)
The Hunt (2012)
3 Idiots (2009)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Ran (1985)
Ikiru (1952)
Blade Runner (1982)
The General (1926)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Gran Torino (2008)
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Rebecca (1940)
Casino (1995)
Warrior (2011)
V for Vendetta (2005)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rush (2013)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Fargo (1996)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Trainspotting (1996)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Into the Wild (2007)
12 Years A Slave (2013)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Colour It Yellow (2006)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Thing (1982)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Platoon (1986)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Mary and Max (2009)
Annie Hall (1977)
Life of Brian (1979)
Sin City (2005)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Network (1976)
Diabolique (1955)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Incendies (2010)
Stand By Me (1986)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Amores Perros (2000)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Ben-Hur (1959)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Avengers (2012)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Donnie Darko (2001)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
8 1/2 (1963)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Persona (1966)
Gandhi (1982)
High Noon (1952)
Jaws (1975)
Nausicaa of the Valley ofthe Wind (1984)
The King's Speech (2010)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Notorious (1946)
Her (2013)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
The Terminator (1984)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Ip Man (2008)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)
Stalker (1979)
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Raid 2 (2014)
Rocky (1976)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Shutter Island (2010)
The Road (1954)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
La Haine (1995)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1996)
Monsters, Inc (2001)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Graduate (1967)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
The Hustler (1961)
A Fist Full of Dollars (1964)
The Help (2011)
The Celebration (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Stalag 17 (1953)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rope (1948)
The Killing (1956)
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Before Sunset (2004)
Swades (2004)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Black Swan (2010)

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